This is useful for drivers that may have a reference to an IIO buffer, to
be able to get a reference back to the IIO device.
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
include/linux/iio/buffer.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 8470921cf2fa..a2dd30567072 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,20 @@ void iio_buffer_put(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_put);
+/**
+ * iio_buffer_get_iio_dev - Get the IIO device to which this buffer belongs to
+ * @buffer: The buffer for which to retrieve the IIO device
+ *
+ * This function retrieves the IIO device to which this IIO buffer is attached
+ * to. Given that an IIO device may have multiple IIO buffers, it's useful
+ * for some drivers to obtain a reference back to the IIO device.
+ */
+struct iio_dev *iio_buffer_get_iio_dev(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
+{
+ return buffer->indio_dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_get_iio_dev);
+
/**
* iio_device_attach_buffer - Attach a buffer to a IIO device
* @indio_dev: The device the buffer should be attached to
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/buffer.h b/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
index 8febc23f5f26..b27d8c81f32c 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
struct iio_buffer;
+struct iio_dev *iio_buffer_get_iio_dev(struct iio_buffer *buffer);
+
int iio_push_to_buffers(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, const void *data);
/**
--
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